Who What Where

Meet Carol’s brother the diesel mechanic.

He started out clean several hours ago before starting work on our RV/home.  He’s a damn good mechanic and is proud of his work.  He found and corrected some problems underneath the rig.  That’s nice.  He changed the oil and filters to include the generator plus squirted some grease around.  Thanks David.

We fit real nice in his bay at work.

This all happened Saturday.  Sunday we were going to hook up the car and go to the TTN Hershey park BUT…… no electrical chord or chains to tow the car.  I’ve been towing the Harley trailer and it don’t use any of that stuff.  Carol has been following behind in her car.  I evidently left the electrical hook up and chains back in Livingston by mistake.  So Carol had to drive the car again to Hershey. 

It was about a 110 mile trip north.  It was a nice trip with not too many idiots out.  When we arrived at the TTN Hershey park it looked nice and it was crowded.  They have 300 sites and had about 30 or so empty.  We haven’t been here in years but knew about where we wanted to be.  We got real lucky.  Here’s our site.  It’s a 50 AMP full hook up. 

Our backyard at an angle.See that small opening to the left in the above picture… here is what I saw with my Nikon 300 mm zoom lens in full use.  Love that zoom….  A couple hundred yards away were these geese wandering down the road without a care in the world.

We'll be here in Hershey until Friday and then we will return back to Columbia (Balto).

Oh, we’ve been conferring with Lazydays in Tucson, AZ for the past week about a 24 foot class C they have.  Yesterday they made me a deal that I refused.  Then I made them an offer that they refused.  They (sales manager – Bill Pickles) will rethink about my offer and get back to me.  Sounds like another offer coming up.  It’s my deal or no deal it’s that simple. 

No we are not getting rid of our RV/home or slowing down.  Just exploring our options and possibilities with a smaller rig at times.

See ya………..

Bacon Bacon Bacon Bacon

Hey, Spam with Bacon…what more could a guy want!  Just burn the spam and it doesn’t taste that bad

 

I removed the freezer while in Texas.  Yesterday I put ALL my tool stuff in here in one easy place to get to.  Plus it’s on a slide out tray. 

The skies in Maryland can be pretty like the ones out west too!

The kitty loves to get into shopping bags

Today the RV goes into Freightliner Balto to get it it’s annual check out by Carol’s brother.

See ya……….

Camping

Here’s where we’ve been the last two weeks.

Along with Ed/Sandy Kruty, Butch/Kathy Ford, and two of Carol’s brothers David & Steven.  Steven is the one behind building this family campground. 

I just don’t understand while the sat dish wouldn’t pick up.  

I posed for this picture while others were resting.  The pavilion is being built.

Here’s ED & Sandy leaving.. 

Carol & I are in Baltimore at her brothers parked next to the garage. 

We’re Still Around

We’re doing fine in Augusta, West Virginia.  Too much fun and laziness is the reason for no blog.  Maybe the very poor internet too.

More details later on but for a short summary we helped out with the Escapees Boot Camp in TN.  Then Mark and I rode the motorcycles the total length of the Blue Ridge Parkway (475 miles) and Skyline Drive (100 miles.  A total of 1,365 miles on the bikes, 3 nights in tents and one hotel.  We also did a a famous ride called The Back Of The Dragon.  It was very cool with it’s unusual turns.

We’re now at Carol’s brother family campground in Augusta, WV.  Seven sites and we are loving it.  Ed/Sandy Kruty are here along with Butch/Kathy Ford, all good friends.  Two of Carol’s brothers came up this past weekend.  We had a lot of fun doing nothing.  The family campground is nice.  Pictures will come another time due to poor internet connection.

The temps have been in the 70-80’s and nights in the 60’s. Some light rain off and on and the cool temps, low humidity are really nice.

Carol & I celebrated our 44 Wedding Anniversary up here and it was a nice and quite one with friends.

Haven’t rode the Harley at all and it’s still dirty from the big trip.  Can’t really wash it…no water up here.  The water well for the campground will be dug any day now.  We got 50 AMP and sewer for now.

See ya…………

Boo Boo

I turned the RV to tight while turning around and the Motorcycle trailer tagged the left rear corner of the RV.   I had to back up in the middle of the road and all that boo boo stuff.  Nothing broke or cracked but deep paint damage on the corner of the RV did occur.  I already took a rubber mallet to some brackets to straighten out the curved corner.  I need some strong glue (& clamps) to replace what came undone.  The trailer does looks like it made to sharp of turn.  It kinked the aluminum shell in a couple of spots.  Not repairable but a couple of hits from the inside wall of the trailer will help with the looks.  This will not be an insurance claim.

We’re in Heinskell, TN at the Escapees park, Raccoon Valley. Still humid but not quite as bad as Livingston but pretty close.  We’re here to help Mark with the Escapees Boot Camp.  It starts this Friday and ends Sunday.

Most RV sites are kinda small and have full hook ups.

We’re in a pull thru with 50 AMP.  I think it’s $122 a week. 

Mark is over here.   

Mark said if I brought a pork butt he would smoke it.  Soooo…..

Here’s why you want to disinfect your water hook up when you arrive to your new site.

This guy put his sewer hose up to the water spigot to wash out his hose.  NOW the spigot needs to be cleaned with a 50/50 solution of bleach.

See ya………….

Do What Before 6 AM ?!

I started washing the RV at 6 AM the other morning.  Finished washing it then dried the windows to prevent water spots on them.  Then I washed the Jeep.  I’m going for it.  I washed Carol’s car the Mariner.  All before 8 AM and I still ended up in a some sweat.  It’s done.  Starting any later and I wouldn’t have been able to finish because of the humidity. 

Then on another day it was time to pressure wash the mobile’s porch.  It really needed it real bad in a few spots.  I washed most of the porch.  In the top of the picture is where I washed.  The part was OK.

When we get back later this year I will pressure wash the deck again and then put a sealer on it.  My pressure washer is a Troy Built, 3000 PSI, etc.  It’s powerful enough to actually cut the wood without to much thought.  Not suppose to wash cars with it and I haven’t yet.

Today it was time to move and get ready to leave.  I had to move the RV so I could hook up the Bike trailer and put the Jeep in the barn.

We moved from here…. 

To here….. Carol & I moved the trailer…yes it was empty..but still heavy.  Then I rode the bike in and tied it down.

Little more room inside the barn with the Jeep than then Mariner.

We got just a little more to do Saturday and then we’re out of here Sunday……yea…..

My GoPro4 Silver…….really like it.  I think I put it on the blog that I got one.  Still leaning the basics.  I’ve got an attachment on my bike front fender plus on top of my helmet.  Cool so far….  Way down the road I hope to be able to put in on the blog some how.

See ya…

Sling What?

Polaris Slingshot 3 wheeler….

It’s Jean & Claudette in their new toy.

They been on the road since  May.  They bought their toy in February and put 21 thousand miles on it so far.

Here we are plus Mark for some pork loin and corn on the cob all cooked on the grill.

They figure they will stay on the road until about mid September and will be at about 30 thousand miles or so.  At that time they will return to their home near Joshua Tree National Park in California.

They’re members of the Southern California Motorcycle Club.  As members and in less than 6 months will have visited the four corners of the USA, every state (48), been in Canada and Mexico and have rode in the top 15 best rides in America, and visited all the national parks and monuments in California.  Only like 3 or 4 people in the club have ever done this.  Plus none of them have done it in less than a year. 

They stayed in the mobile overnight and pulled out at 5 AM.  They really don’t care for this humidity either and that’s their normal time of departure.

See ya…………

This And That

Well, yes, another blog finally.  When we set still for awhile I just don’t like doing a blog about really nothing.  You know, I got up, ate, walked around, ate, went to the store, ate, watched TV, ate and went to sleep.  Yes, that is boring.

So here’s the boring blog for the last few days.  I got up, walked around, ate, went to the grocery stores, ate and watched some TV, etc….

Oh yea,  the 4th I talked Carol in riding the Harley trike to downtown Livingston.  They were having a little ohh rah in the park.  We got there and it wasn’t crowded at all.  A few other bikes were there representing a youth club and all that kinda of stuff.  We had some dogs and enjoyed watching the kids & grown ups doing what families do at these free things.  They had the big air things for the kids to climb into.

Then it was time to get back because the clouds were getting real dark.  We didn’t make it and the clouds opened up and let us know that we should not have gone riding today.  It poured.  We just had to laugh about it.  Got back to the rig and the trike  went into the barn and we changed our clothes.  Later I wiped down the trike.  You know that’s twice I've been in caught in the rain the last couple of weeks.  I’m starting to learn the ins and outs of driving a motorcycle in the rain.  Yea, like don’t do it!

I had set up my tent early in the morning and sprayed some waterproof stuff on it to help later this month.  Mark & I will be doing another week on the bikes doing the Blue Ridge Parkway.  I’ve practiced riding in the rain so I figure I might as well be prepared to sleep in it too.  It continued to pour when we got back from our ride.

That all happened the afternoon of the 4th of July.  That evening it stopped raining.  We watched the fireworks on TV.  You know we’ve seen our share of fireworks.  We’ve been on our boat setting in the Baltimore Harbor, in our own backyard, in our home on Bolling AFB in DC and watched them, Gillette, WY during a RV rally, Lake Havasu, AZ to name most of the big ones.  They were all great.

Friday I got out our old fold up bicycles.  All tires were flat, and the bikes were dusty, and dirty as hell.  Well, the tires held air and a quick dusting with a rag took care of most of the dirt.  Carol & I rode them around the block.  At least I attempted to.  The road started a slight incline as did my heart rate and breathing.  I had to get off and walk.  Boy, am I out of shape.  There’s only one thing to do.  Yepper, put the bikes away!

See ya……

Kitty Wants To Help

My chair was getting to the point were it was almost unusable.  The swivel junction on the bottom was reamed out pretty good.  It’s repairable but I need a welder to fix it I think.  In the mean time I got the other one out of the shed.  We bought two over a year and half ago.  One went in the RV and the other went into the shed still in the box.  We were going to take out a couch of the Winnebago but then decided against it after we had bought the chairs.  Well, nothing like having a reserve handy.  But I had to put it together.  I had help whether I wanted it or not.  

I guess she’s checking out the jump height…. 

The other chair I took apart and put in the Barn.  It will wait to be repaired some day.

Later I cooked some ribs and corn…… just the way we like them….

So another very muggy day ends.  I’ve been told that this isn’t really that muggy yet.  Damn…… we’re out of here in 17 days and heading North but whose counting?

See ya…….

Unbelievable Phone Call

You  know we all have bad days.  This was one of my bad days that are few and far apart.  This and that happened earlier this morning that aren’t really important.  I was in Lowe’s trying to find a nut & bolt which of course I couldn’t and my phone rang.  I answered it and couldn’t really make out who it was at first then I recognized the weak voice.  Oh My God ……. it was Don Del Rosario.  Then I must have caught a breeze from the paint department – my eyes started to water.   He spent thirty days in ICU after open heart surgery, X amount of days in a coma, organs were failing and you get the picture what was happening.  Then the doc’s brought him out of the comma and it was still rough.  Then everything turned around for the positive.   He just got moved yesterday to a rehab center to help him physically recover from the 30+ days of being in bed and the surgery itself.  It turned out to be an outstanding day…  Keep getting better guy.  Maybe you can get a Marine rehab nurse.

See ya……..really……